Reason, Religion and Modeity:Gadamer-Habermas Debate

Reason, Religion and Modeity:Gadamer-Habermas Debate (SpringerBriefs in Philosophy)

by: Anil Kumar Vaddiraju (Author)

Publisher: Springer
Edition:2024th

Publication Date: 2024-03-02

Language: English

Print Length: 80 pages

ISBN-10: 9819707021

ISBN-13: 9789819707027

Book Description

This book deals with the question of understanding religion and its relationship with politics in the context of developing countries. It reviews specific theories, such as modeisation theory, marxism, liberalism, hermeneutics and critical approach to explain questions related to religion and religious traditions. The book focuses on the recent attempts to theorise religion by Jurgen Habermas. It argues modeisation and orthodox Marxian theory are inadequate in understanding the recent spurt of religious phenomenon in politics. It discusses Hans-Georg Gadamer’s view to show a way forward regarding dialectical hermeneutics in facilitating a dialogue between different traditions and religions. The book is of interest to students, scholars, practitioners of development, and all those who conce themselves with the questions of religion, tradition, modeity and secular well-being in developing countries such as India and beyond.

From the Back Cover

This book deals with the question of understanding religion and its relationship with politics in the context of developing countries. It reviews specific theories, such as modeisation theory, marxism, liberalism, hermeneutics and critical approach to explain questions related to religion and religious traditions. The book focuses on the recent attempts to theorise religion by Jurgen Habermas. It argues modeisation and orthodox Marxian theory are inadequate in understanding the recent spurt of religious phenomenon in politics. It discusses Hans-Georg Gadamer’s view to show a way forward regarding dialectical hermeneutics in facilitating a dialogue between different traditions and religions. The book is of interest to students, scholars, practitioners of development, and all those who conce themselves with the questions of religion, tradition, modeity and secular well-being in developing countries such as India and beyond.

About the Author

Anil Kumar Vaddiraju teaches Political Science at the Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bengaluru, India. He studied in Jawaharlal Nehru University and University of Delhi. Political philosophy is one of his abiding academic interests.

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